Cigar-bunch and process of making same.



O. HAMMERSTEIN. CIGAR BUNCH AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

APPHCATION FILED MAR. 3. 1913.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, or NEW YORKLNY. Y.

CIGAR-BUNCH AND PROCESS OF MAKING I Bunchesand Processes of Making Same, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar bunches and the manufacture thereof and has for its object to produce a bunch in which the use of a binderis made unnecessary and in which the necessity for first stripping the leaf used in the construction thereof can 'also be avoided. I

A further object of my invention is to provide an efiicient and easily carried out process for making such bunches.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter and thefeatures of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which V Figure l is a plan view of a booking of tobacco leaves showing steps in my improved process; Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic cross-section thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig.3 is an edge view of a group or plurality ofleaves illustrating steps in my process; Fig. 4 is an exterior view of one form of completed bunch; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section thereof on the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an exterior view of the bunch as shown in Fig. 1 after the wrapper, has been appliedthereto to complete the'cigar; Fig. 7 is a 'view similar to F ig.

1 showing a modification of my process. Fig. 8 is an exterior view of a cigar constructed' according to this modification; Fig. 9 is a view similar toFig. 1 of still another modification of my process and Fig. 10 is an exterior View of a cigar constructed according to this last modification.

In carryingout my'improved process as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive ofthe drawings I preferably first pile up or book any number of complete or unstripp'ed tobacco leaves with the points preferably though not necessarily all facing in the same direction and in which the stems have been previously made readily combustible in any suitable manner. After this piling up or Specification of Letters Patent.

portions 18 of said indicated in dotted lines Patented J une 8, 1915.

' Application filed March 3, 1913. 7 Serial No. 751,728.

booking has been completed to the desired thickness, I preferably cut through the same, transversely intermediate of the ends of'said leaves oralong proper lines to secure the desired length of bunch. The cuts in the form" of my invention now being described extend along 'zig-zag or undulating lines as indicated at 15 and divide the leaves into intermediate or body portions 16, tuck or end portions 17 and head orend portions 18 asshown best in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Any number of leaves necessary to form a bunch of the desired thickness, for instance, two, three, four or more are now removed from the booking or pile and the tuck portions 17 thereof turned or folded back on the bodies 15 after which the head leaves are similarly turned or folded back on said bodies all as in Fig.1 and in full lines in Fig. 3. If desired the head portions 18 may be turned backfirst and the tuck portions 17 turned back last in stead of as mentioned, it being immaterial which of the portions 17 or 18 is manipulated first, or said head portions and tuck portions instead of being turned back may be otherwise placed upon the body portions; In some cases the ends of these portions may overlap, although this is not essential. The said leaves with the various portions in said folded, turned back or are now simply rolled: up spirally or otherwise manipulated inthe usual manner as other relation shown in. Fig. 5 to form the bunch, which tions at each 'end thereof, which may be brought together, or in other words provide' the necessary yielding ofthe bunch at each end to properly form the head and tuck whenthe wrapper isapplied to complete'the cigar,'as illustrated in Fig. 6..

In the modification show'n in Figs. 7 and 8 the out near the broad ends of the leaves instead of being zigzag or scalloped extends straight across said leaves as indicated at 15 while the out near the pointed ends of said leaves may be the same as those shown in Fig. When leaves out in this manner are folded or otherwise combined and rolled or otherwise worked into a bunch only the head of the cigar will be pointed after the wrapper has been applied, while the tuck thereof will be broad or straight and a cigar of what is commonly known as a panatela shape as illustrated in, Fig.

8 is produced. In the modification shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the leaves arecut straight across. as indicated at 15 in Fig. 9. lVhen leaves out in this manner are folded or otherwise combined and worked into a bunch both proximately straight after the wrapper has been applied and a cigar commonly known as a cheroot will be: the result. It is to be understood that in both modifications, the tuck portions 17 and head portions 18 are folded, turned back or otherwise placed upon the bodies 16 in the same manner as described with respect to Fig. 1. et seq, the only difference between the various forms of my invention beingin the arrangement and form of cuts. Byfirst arranging the leaves in bookings, then cutting, folding or combining and rolling the desired number into bunches as described absolutely all scrap and Waste. of leaf is combustion.

' It is to be understood. that it is not absolutely necessary to cut a large booking, of

leaves before removing any therefrom and that. therequired number of leaves say two, three or four may first be taken from the pile or booking and then cut and the portions thereof then manipulated and described. In addition to this in some cases the leaves may be stripped and then cut and used as indicated or one or more stripped leaves may be combined in any manner with one or more unstripped or complete leaves and cut, folded and rolled into/a bunch in the manner mentioned. Furthermore one or more. com-- plete'or unstripped leaves out and folded as shown may be wrapped about any other kind of filler to produce a bunch if this should be found of advantage. It will also be obvious that. in some instances the leaves need notbe separated into individual body,

ends of the cigar will be ap tating the making of eliminated and the stems of all of the leaves extend longi-. tudinally of the cigar and. insure perfectlines longitudinally While I have illustrated and described the leaf as being cut or severed at two intermediate points and thus divided into three sections, the same may be cut or scored only once and divided into two sections or it may be 'cut'or scored any additional number of times and divided into any number of sections which may becoinbined as described to form the bunch, this operation depending on the length of leaf and the length of bunch desired. In addition to this the leaf may be folded and out either along straight or undulating lines after havingbeen fold, ed. Also the section 18 may be placed at the end of the section. 16v fromwhich the section :17 is cutv and the section .17 placed at the opposite end of said section 16if this should be found of advantage.

' With my improved process it is thuspos sible to construct cigar bunches in a simple and efficient manner from unstripped or complete leaves and to do away withthe use of a binder of any description if desired.

In the present manner of making cigar bunches the filler is inclosed in abinde-rs leaf which must; be wound. spirally in the direction in which the veins of the leaf extend to secure the best. results, thus necessiright and left bunches, to be inclosed by right and left veined Wrappers. With my improved'process this necessity is obviated, as complete. leaves with the stems of the leaf lying in straight quiring no special right or-le-ft. working may be used. Various changes in the specific forms shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without, departing from the spirit; of my invention.-

. I claim 1. The process of which consists in placing a plurality of filler leaves one upon thev other and in registry with each other relatively to the. cen: tral portion of each leaf, cutting said leaves transversely into end sections and intermediate sections, placing said end sections upon said intermediate sections and then'rolling' up the combined sections to form the bunch.

2. The process of making cigar bunches which consists in taking tobacco filler leaf piling it up with the leaves superimposed and in substantial registry with each other, cutting said 'filler leaf transversely of its length along undulating lines into end sectionsand an intermediate section, turning said end sections diate section with the. normal outer endsof said end sectionsv extending toward each other and then rolling up.- the combined sections to form the bunch. I

The process of making cigar bunches which consists in placing a plurality of- :of the. bunch and re-.

, r V .105 making cigar'bunchesback, uponsaid intermee stripped tobacco filler leaves one upon the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set other and in registry with each other, cutmy hand in the presence of two subscribing ting said leaves transversely along zig-zag Witnesses.

lines into end sections and intermediate sec- OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN. tions, placing said end sections upon said Witnesses:

intermediate sections and then rolling up JOHN A. KEHLENBECK,

the combined sections to form the bunch. G. V. RAsMUssnN.

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